Leadership Development Training
 
Last Thursday I traveled to San Diego for a leadership development training event hosted by the Center for Creative Leadership. As I think back on the trip I realize I passed by numerous areas that have since been hammered by wildfires burning unabated through this region. I […]

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Last week I traveled to
San Diego CA to listen to a talk by Jim Kouzes. He and Barry Posner are the authors of the book The Leadership Challenge. This book is in my top five leadership books and will not soon be dislodged because it is the most comprehensive leadership development book available. All the […]

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Charisma?… please!
Good Looks?… no
Speaking skill?… not quite
Problem Solving ability?…well maybe…no
Empathy interpersonal skill?…hmmm no not that either
Integrity / honesty?… Yes thats it!
Don’t take my word for it check out one of the best leadership books written The Leadership Challenge by Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner. Their research has shown culture after culture, year after year this […]

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I once read a story of a priest who was out for an evening stroll and was stopped by a soldier on patrol. The soldier barked, Halt! Who are you? Where are you going? The Priest, startled at first, regained his composure and asked the soldier if he would be so kind as to stop […]

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Right, no text books that doesn’t cut it in the real world. Start quoting theorists and watch as the faithful roll their eyes and back away from the “consultant”. Back away from the expert nice and slow maybe no one will get hurt.
The best cliche answer goes to the old favorite. The manager works within […]

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I am a huge fan of the website www.manager-tools.com. Mike Auzenne and Mark Horstman in my opinion run a tight ship on how to be an effective manager. Whoa what was that? MANAGER!!? I thought this was a leadership development site. It is. Reality check: how many of you out there have the honor of […]

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Sorry everyone, I took a short hiatus to get my stuff in order. Translation: I have been fully engaged in leading my own team and had limited time to invest in the development of others. It is the reality of leadership that priorities change with circumstance and we must be capable of adapting. In my […]

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Are you familiar with the phrase black box? It is a phrase used to describe a process that most people cannot understand. Rather than investing in figuring out how it works it is easier to describe it as some mystical process in a black box.
Is this what leadership development is, a black box?
The way some […]

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